FIRST TR EXCHANGE TRADED FD VIII VEST US EQUITY BUFFER ETF OCTOBER

The investment objective of the FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - October (the "Fund") is to seek to provide investors with returns (before fees, expenses and taxes) that match the price return of the SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust (the "Underlying ETF "), up to a predetermined upside cap of 16.22% (before fees, expenses and taxes) and 15.37% (after fees and expenses, excluding brokerage commissions, trading fees, taxes and extraordinary expenses not included in the Fund's management fee), while providing a buffer against the first 10% (before fees, expenses and taxes) of Underlying ETF losses, over the period from October 19, 2020 to October 15, 2021.